This nationwide survey polled teenagers regarding their
attitudes and behavior concerning tobacco. Respondents were asked if
they thought various tobacco products were dangerous, if they felt
pressure from friends to smoke cigarettes, if anyone in their
household used tobacco, if they would be more or less likely to like
or date someone who smoked, and if they themselves smoked cigarettes
or cigars or used chewing tobacco or snuff. To investigate exposure
to tobacco advertising, respondents were asked if they had received
free samples of tobacco products or promotional items for tobacco
products (e.g., caps, T-shirts, sunglasses, posters), if they were
familiar with various cigarette advertising slogans, and which brands
of cigarettes they had seen advertised in recent months. The survey
probed beliefs about the dangers to health caused by tobacco use and
asked respondents if they favored implementation of a 'smoke-free'
policy in their schools, and if they favored laws forbidding the sale
of tobacco to everyone, to persons under 21, or only to minors under
18. Other questions queried respondents about their concerns that
tobacco was addictive, caused bad breath, stained teeth, was
expensive, or was disapproved of by parents and friends. In addition,
the survey assessed beliefs about the dangers of alcohol, marijuana,
cocaine, and crack, the amount of peer pressure felt by respondents
to drink or use drugs, and respondents' feelings of closeness to
their families, general happiness, frequency of depression or
sadness, level of stress in life, excitement about the future, and
religiosity. Respondents who smoked cigarettes were questioned about
how much they smoked, how and where they purchased cigarettes, how
difficult it was for people their age to buy cigarettes in their
community, whether they preferred strong, medium, mild, menthol, or
nonmenthol cigarettes, which brand they bought when they last
purchased cigarettes, how soon after they woke up they had their
first cigarette, and how old they were when they smoked their first
cigarette, started to inhale, and bought their first pack of
cigarettes. Cigarette smokers were also asked if they had considered
stopping or tried to stop smoking, if they were interested in
participating in a 'stop smoking' program, and whether they would try
to stop or reduce their cigarette consumption if the price of
cigarettes were increased by one or two dollars per pack. Additional
information gathered by the survey includes age, sex, race, Hispanic
origin, degree of urbanization, state of residence, occupation of
chief wage earner in the family, educational attainment of each
parent, religious preference, amount of church/synagogue attendance,
use of alcohol and marijuana, self-assessed academic standing and
likelihood of graduation from high school, and plans after high
school.

This nationwide survey polled teenagers regarding their
attitudes and behavior concerning tobacco. Respondents were asked if
they thought various tobacco products were dangerous, if they felt
pressure from friends to smoke cigarettes, if anyone in their
household used tobacco, if they would be more or less likely to like
or date someone who smoked, and if they themselves smoked cigarettes
or cigars or used chewing tobacco or snuff. To investigate exposure
to tobacco advertising, respondents were asked if they had received
free samples of tobacco products or promotional items for tobacco
products (e.g., caps, T-shirts, sunglasses, posters), if they were
familiar with various cigarette advertising slogans, and which brands
of cigarettes they had seen advertised in recent months. The survey
probed beliefs about the dangers to health caused by tobacco use and
asked respondents if they favored implementation of a 'smoke-free'
policy in their schools, and if they favored laws forbidding the sale
of tobacco to everyone, to persons under 21, or only to minors under
18. Other questions queried respondents about their concerns that
tobacco was addictive, caused bad breath, stained teeth, was
expensive, or was disapproved of by parents and friends. In addition,
the survey assessed beliefs about the dangers of alcohol, marijuana,
cocaine, and crack, the amount of peer pressure felt by respondents
to drink or use drugs, and respondents' feelings of closeness to
their families, general happiness, frequency of depression or
sadness, level of stress in life, excitement about the future, and
religiosity. Respondents who smoked cigarettes were questioned about
how much they smoked, how and where they purchased cigarettes, how
difficult it was for people their age to buy cigarettes in their
community, whether they preferred strong, medium, mild, menthol, or
nonmenthol cigarettes, which brand they bought when they last
purchased cigarettes, how soon after they woke up they had their
first cigarette, and how old they were when they smoked their first
cigarette, started to inhale, and bought their first pack of
cigarettes. Cigarette smokers were also asked if they had considered
stopping or tried to stop smoking, if they were interested in
participating in a 'stop smoking' program, and whether they would try
to stop or reduce their cigarette consumption if the price of
cigarettes were increased by one or two dollars per pack. Additional
information gathered by the survey includes age, sex, race, Hispanic
origin, degree of urbanization, state of residence, occupation of
chief wage earner in the family, educational attainment of each
parent, religious preference, amount of church/synagogue attendance,
use of alcohol and marijuana, self-assessed academic standing and
likelihood of graduation from high school, and plans after high
school.

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